Team Leader/Senior Charge Nurse or Practitioner

NHS Scotland; Shotts; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Leave 35 days

NHS pension scheme

Incremental salary progression

Sick leave benefits

NHS discounts

Job summary

NHS Lanarkshire is seeking a first level registered nurse to lead a defined team and deliver high-quality patient care around the clock. You will supervise both trained and untrained staff, ensuring safe, evidence-based nursing practice and adherence to NHS standards.

Key duties include care planning, delegation of tasks, and accurate documentation while maintaining compassionate, person-centred support for patients and families across mental health and wider clinical settings.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with valid NMC registration and current practice
• Educated to degree level or working towards
• Postgraduate expertise in leadership/safety and clinical care

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care for patients
• Delegate clinical work to nursing staff according to skill and grade
• Maintain nursing records and care plans in line with NMC and NHS standards
• Lead and supervise nursing teams to ensure high-quality patient care

Skills

NMC Registration

Degree level

Leadership

Clinical governance

Education

NMC Registered Nurse

Tools

Electronic Patient Records

NHS IT systems

Job description

About The Organisation

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

About The Organisation

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

The Role

First level registered nurse, managing all trained and untrained nursing staff within a defined team responsible for the delivery of nursing care to a high standard. Carry overall responsibility for the supervision and management of nursing staff and clinical care delivered on an ongoing basis (continuous responsibility 24/7).

In This Key Role, You Will

• Responsible for assessment, planning, implementing and evaluating programmes of care, and providing direct patient centred treatment and nursing care, within the clinical fields of mental health/learning disabilities.
• Responsible for delegation of clinical work to nursing staff appropriate to skill and grade.
• Ensure all patients’ needs are identified/met through the implementation of the nursing process.
• Maintain nursing records in accordance with Nursing & Midwifery Council and organisational standards.

What You'll Bring

• Registered Nurse with valid NMC Registration
• Educated to/working towards/operating at Degree Level
• Post graduate expertise within speciality / area of practice that demonstrates the required breadth of knowledge required to lead safety, effectively and efficiently.
• Specialist knowledge and experience of relevant conditions, pathology, policies and procedures associated with the speciality/area of practice ensuring that the level of expertise can be utilised to deliver leadership within speciality / area of practice.

What We Offer

As a valued employee of NHS Lanarkshire, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits including:

• Annual Leave - 35 days including public holidays
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Annual incremental salary progression
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
• NHS discounts and more.

NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent - regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

• Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children's settings.

For informal discussion, please contact Nicola Kelly, Interim Service Manager on [e-mail].

If you have any questions about the recruitment process or require support with your application, contact Anna Zastawnik-Baran, Recruitment Administrator on [e-mail].

Interested?

Full details about the role are provided in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Please review our Application Guidance which explain key information including closing dates, amendments, right-to-work requirements, sponsorship eligibility and important points to be aware of before submitting your application

You can also learn more about working with NHS Lanarkshire by viewing our Information Pack

Unless otherwise stated, the deadline for applications is 23:59 hours on the closing date.

Please note, CVs will not be accepted.